Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
人間の由来・上 [改訂版]
A large work of natural anthropology that traces the origins of human family, society, and behavior through primate studies. It combines field observation with comparative analysis, placing human beings within the continuum of animal societies.
primateshuman evolutionorigins of the familyanimal societies
Work Information
It looks at human origins through primate societies rather than treating humanity as separate from nature.
This two-volume work uses the social structures of monkeys and apes to consider how human sociality emerged. Observation and evolutionary perspective combine to broaden the reader’s view of humanity.
Review Summaries
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Readers respond to the careful handling of background and structure. The calm narration and clearly drawn figures are often seen as the strengths that carry the weight of the subject.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 小学館
- Published
- 1997-08-01
- Pages
- 430 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784096770054
- ISBN-10
- 4096770051
- Price
- 2640 JPY
- Category
- 本/科学・テクノロジー/生物・バイオテクノロジー/サル・人類学
人間の由来 上 改訂版